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Plains Area Mental Health Inc

RegisteredEIN 42-1000717Le Mars, IAOther charitable purposes
Income$12.5m2024-06
Spending$12.8msame year
Spent / received97%5-year average
Size in its cause96th pctOther charitable purposes
Exempt since1976Hospital or medical research
Employees188latest return

Analysis

Plains Area Mental Health Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Le Mars, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1976, 50 years ago. The IRS classifies it as a hospital or medical research organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2024, Plains Area Mental Health Inc reported income of $12.5m and spending of $12.8m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $8.8m to $12.5m (+42%), an average of +9.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Plains Area Mental Health Inc sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile, and in the 96th percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Heat and Warmth Fund ($12.5m), The Independence Fund Inc ($12.5m) and Habitat for Humanity International Inc ($12.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 12% and program service revenue 86% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $8.1m. At year end it held assets of $5.8m against liabilities of $2.1m, net assets of $3.7m. It reported 188 employees.

Income and spending

$0$3.3m$6.5m$9.8m$13.1m2020 Income: $8,768,2202020 Spending: $9,103,82620202021 Income: $12,859,4282021 Spending: $10,514,12920212022 Income: $12,632,0942022 Spending: $12,334,82620222023 Income: $12,834,4382023 Spending: $13,088,01620232024 Income: $12,473,9652024 Spending: $12,771,2422024
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Contributions & grants 12%
  • Program services 86%
  • Other 2.1%

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CharityLocationIncome
Heat and Warmth FundDetroit$12.5m
The Independence Fund IncCharlotte$12.5m
Habitat for Humanity International IncSacramento$12.5m
Rock Creek Foundation for Mental Health IncSilver Spring$12.5m